Dan Tehan

A showdown over expanded detention laws aimed at placing some of those released from immigration detention back behind bars is expected to dominate the final parliamentary sitting week.A bombshell High Court ruling last month found holding…

Outspoken tech executive Matt Barrie has blasted the Albanese government’s record high immigration intake as a “national disgrace” in a blistering speech to business leaders and bureaucrats.The Freelancer chief executive, speaking at The…

Australia has seen the largest drop in available rental properties in years as the market continues to tighten. New rental listings across the country fell by 18.9 per cent in April with Sydney, Melbourne and Perth facing the toughest…

Labor has been accused of “lowballing” in its plans to collect billions of dollars from gas producers by bringing forward a key industry tax.Crossbench MPs have said the Albanese government should have gone harder after it announced it…

Several Coalition MPs have been forced to apologise after they were involved in an incident that injured a parliamentary staff member.Dan Tehan, Ted O’Brien, Angus Taylor, Zoe McKenzie, Llew O’Brien, Andrew Hastie and Sam Birrell all lined…

Anthony Albanese’s desire for parliament to act more decently was in tatters in question time as he engaged in a fiery war of words with the opposition. On the floor of the house, the Prime Minister got caught up in a tit-for-tat with Angus…

Everything’s a “win-win” situation – if Australia “rights its wrongs”. That’s why there’s little evidence China’s trade war with Australia is about to end.An “important window” has opened up in the China-Australia economic and trade…

The big four banks all seem to be in agreement that Australians are about to get slammed with another significant interest rate hike.On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will hold its first monthly meeting of the year where it is…

Major energy retailers across the country have been forced to stop taking on new gas customers while others ramp up their prices, as they struggle under the government-imposed price cap. Companies are facing uphill battles in securing…